THE GARDEN STORY

Retail Construction Services, Inc. is dedicated to giving back.

We give back not only to those in need within our community, but also the future generations of this wonderful community. What started out as a great idea has grown exponentially and has become an amazing reality. Here at the RCS Giving Garden, school groups, master gardeners, corporate volunteers, and our own employees work together for the common good of teaching children the art of gardening and the importance of healthy eating. Click Here for Full Story.

From HWY 36 - go south on Lake Elmo Ave, turn left onto 39th Street, garden is at corner of 39th and Laverne. From HWY 5- going west from Stillwater take right onto Laverne (near Fury dealership) garden is on the right at corner of Laverne and 39th street.

The RCS Giving Garden

8/6/14

A Time for Me Learn about "Tops & Bottoms"!

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The Book "Tops & Bottoms"!

This morning the kids from A Time For Me came to help in the
garden. We started with a story called Tops and Bottoms and talked about what
part of vegetable plants we eat – the tops, the bottoms or the middles.

Then we went into the garden to look for some
of the vegetables that were in the story.
We had fun finding the carrots,

eggplant, beets, cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes
and corn. And as we went through the garden, we saw that some things needed to
be harvested, so we picked some of the cucumbers, eggplant and zucchini and
almost all of the ripe tomatoes. We
ended up harvesting 25 pounds of produce!

Then we found the edamame and we wanted to see what they
tasted like. The seed pods are fuzzy on
the outside, but when you open up the pods, the big seeds inside taste really
good.